FORREST, Thomas printer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1774-5
At the foot of the West Bow 1776
Edinburgh 1777-1781
Forrester's Wynd, shop Grassmarket 1782
Forrester's Wynd 1783-84
Married Isobel daughter of the deceast Francis Thomason
gentleman's servant 27 February 1774. Printed a chapbook edition of
Charles Thomson's The history of Mahomet for the author in
1781. He also printed Four excellent new songs. 1, Waly waly up
the bank 2, The ploughman laddie. 3, Jack of all trades. 4, Sylvia
and her lover, without date, giving his address as 'at the
foot of the West Bow'. Plomer gives his dates as 1774-77. His
estate was sequestered 12 February 1780 Edinburgh Evening
Courant 28 February 1780 and his tenement in White Horse Close
was sold Edinburgh Evening Courant 27 January 1781.EdinMarr; Chapbook Printers; NLS Impr Ind; Edin Dir

FORREST, William printer and bookseller
Edinburgh
Head of Cowgate, shop South side Cornmarket 1766
Opposite East end Cornmarket 1767
Foot of West Bow 1773-78
His daughter Mary married Alexander Bolton, wright 18 January
1767. Forrest printed The fight at Bothwel-Bridge, 1766,
Four excellent new songs. I. Bonny laddie, highland laddie
... 1767 and Five excellent new songs. I. King William's
crossing Boyn Water ... without date but from the address at
the foot of the West Bow. At the end of an 8-page sermon by
Christopher Love's A sermon on that article of our creed, of
Christ descending into Hell which is undated, but a chapbook
for all its subject matter, appears the tell- tale statement 'If
you do not please to buy this little book, read it gratis, keep it
clean and return it when called for'. But Christopher Love seems to
have been a gangrel character.EdinMarr; Chapbook Printers; NLS Impr Ind; Edin Dir; Hugh
Shields. 'New dates for old songs, 1766-1803.' The Long
Room (1979) 34-37.

FORSYTH, Isaac bookseller, bookbinder stationer and
circulating library Elgin
Elgin 1788-1820
High Street 1820-25
Forsyth & Young same address 1837
Isaac Forsyth was the youngest son of Alexander Forsyth, merchant
in Elgin, and his 2nd wife Anne Harrold. Born on 12
September 1768, he was apprenticed as a bookbinder to Alexander
Angus of Aberdeen 1783-87. Began business in Elgin as stationer
aand bookbinder in 1788. Disliked bookbinding, and took his
apprentice, John Dunbar into partnership. Published John Grant and
William Leslie's A survey of the province of Moray. Elgin.
1798. In 1801 married his cousin, Catherine Forsyth, daughter of
William Forsyth of Cromarty. They had five daughters. She died in
1826. Agent to the Sun Fire Office 1825. Contributed A descriptive
and historical acccount of the Cathedral to A series of views
of Elgin Cathedral. London and Elgin, 1826. As well as running
a successful bookselling business, he owned a farm, and tried
running various manufactures in Elgin, but always lost money by
them. One of the original members of The Morayshire Farmers Club on
its foundation in 1799. He was secretary from 1800-1827. His
portrait was painted by Mr Innes of Edinburgh in 1851. He died 15
May1859.NLS Impr Ind; Pigot 1820; 1825; 1837; Isaac Forsyth
Macandrew. Memoir of Isaac Forsyth bookseller in Elgin.
London, 1889.

FOULIS, Andrew printer, bookseller and bookbinder
Glasgow
Robert and Andrew Foulis Printers to the University Within the
College 1746-75
Son of Andrew Faulls and Marion Patterson, and younger brother of
Robert Foulis, he was born 23 November 1712. Intended for the
ministry he attended Glasgow University. While there he was
employed as an instructor in modern languages, and later until 1838
also in the teaching of Greek, Latin and Philosophy. In 1738 both
brothers went to Glasgow and the continent. During their travels
they bought books which they sold at a profit in London on their
return. Robert then became a bookseller 1740-47, was made
University Printer in 1741 and published books, which were printed
for him by Robert Urie. In 1742 he set up his own press using the
types cut by Wilson & Baine. The quality of types and
typography and the scholarliness of the editions soon made the
press famous throughout Europe. In 1746 Andrew joined the firm. He
took a share of the task of running the shop, and was the firms
auctioneer. During Robert's absence on the continent he also ran
the printinng press. The firm also owned a bindery. On 18 September
1775 Andrew died of apoplexy. His death was a great shock to
Robert. He went to London to sell his art collection by auction,
but they fetched less than he hoped. He returned to Edinburgh, and
was on the point of returning to Glasgow when he too died suddenly
2 June 1776.NLS Impr Ind; W.J. Duncan. Notices and documents
illustrative of the literary history of Glasgow, during the greater
part of the last century. [reprinted with additions]. Glasgow,
1886; John Ferguson. 'The brothers Foulis and early Glasgow
printing'. The Library i 81-96 (1888); David Murray. 'Some
letters of Robert Foulis' Scottish Historical Review
January and April 1917; Philip Gaskell. 'The Early work of the
Foulis Press and the Wilson Foundry' The Library 5th
series vii, 77-110; 149-77 (1952); Philip Gaskell. A
bibliography of the Foulis Press. 2nd edition. Winchester,
1986.

FOULIS, Andrew printer and bookseller Glasgow and
Edinburgh
Printer to the University Within the College Glasgow 1776-95
High Street 1783
Shuttle Street 1789bookseller Opposite the Turf Coffee House, St Andrews
Street, Edinburgh 1798
Strichen's Close, High St 1798-1802
Son of Robert Foulis by his second wife, Euphan Butcher, he was
christened on 6th December 1755. He inherited the business of
Robert and Andrew Foulis. He found it in financial chaos from which
it never really recovered, mostly because of the large losses from
the Academy. At his death Robert left debts of £6,500 and a
reputation as one of the best printers in Europe. Glasgow
University made his son University Printer, but he was not able to
print like his father. Eventually in 1795 they removed him from
office. He moved to Edinburgh in 1798. Eventually he gave up
printing completely and died in The Poor House in Edinburgh in
1829.NLS Impr Ind; Glas Dir; Edin Dir

FOULIS, Robert bookseller, printer and bookbinder
Glasgow
The College 1740
University Printer, College 1741-76
Robert and Andrew Foulis, College 1746-76
Robert Foulis, the eldest son of Andrew Faulls and Marion
Patterson, was born in Glasgow 20 April 1707. Apprenticed to a
barber for seven years, afterwards he set up as a Master Barber and
practice this trade until 1738. He attended classes at Glasgow
University from 1730, enrolling in the course taught by Francis
Hutcheson, Professor of Moral Philosophy in that year, and also
attended classes in Latin and Greek literature. Hutcheson employ'd
him in assisting young Gentlemen in the study of Moral Philosophy.
In 1738 both brothers went to Glasgow and the continent. During
their travels they bought books which they sold at a profit in
London on their return. Robert then became a bookseller 1740-47,
was made University Printer in 1741 and published books, which were
printed for him by Robert Urie. In 1742 he set up his own press
using the types cut by Wilson & Baine. The quality of types and
typography and the scholarliness of the editions soon made the
press famous throughout Europe. In 1742 too he married his first
wife, Elizabeth Moor, sister of Professor Moor. She died in 1750
having borne him five daughters. In 1746 his brother Andrew joined
the firm. Robert married as his second wife Euphan Butcher, and on
6 December 1755, their son Andrew Foulis was christened. In 1755
the Brothers won a silver nedal offered by The Select Society in
Edinburgh for the finest book of not fewer than ten sheets. Their
winning book was a small folio edition of Callimachus. In
the following year they again won the medal for the third editon of
Horace, and for the folio edition of the Iliad.
From about 1738 or 1739 the idea of setting up an Academy of Fine
Art was in Robert Foulis mind. He founded an institution to include
instruction and practice in painting, drawing, engraving and
modelling. Whatever its artistic success it was a commercial
failure. On 18 September 1775 Andrew died of apoplexy. His death
was a great shock to Robert. He went to London to sell his art
collection by auction, but they fetched less than he hoped. He
returned to Edinburgh, and was on the point of returning to Glasgow
when he too died suddenly 2 June 1776. Will of Robert's second wife
Eupham Butcher relict [!] registered 20 March 1775. Will of Robert
and Andrew Foulis printers to the University of Glasgow registered
8 October 1777. Robert's only son by his second wife, Andrew
Foulis, inherited the business. Apprentices: John Duncan bookbinder
Burgess and Guild Brother as serving apprentice with Robert and
Andrew Foulis printers 10 September 1770. Robert Chapman printer
and bookseller Burgess and Guild Brother as serving apprentice with
deceased Robert Foulis barber 12 April 1777. Alexander Duncan
printer and bookseller Burgess and Guild Brother as serving
apprentice with deceased Robert Foulis barber 12 April 1777. Robert
Gemmell bookbinder Burgess and Guild Brother as serving apprentice
with Robert and Andrew Foulis booksellers 13 April 1797.NLS Impr Ind; GlasBurg; GlasTest; W.J. Duncan.
Notices and documents illustrative of the literary history of
Glasgow, during the greater part of the last century.
[reprinted with additions]. Glasgow, 1886; John Ferguson. 'The
brothers Foulis and early Glasgow printing'. The Library i
81-96 (1888); David Murray. 'Some letters of Robert Foulis'
Scottish Historical Review January and April 1917; Philip
Gaskell. 'The Early work of the Foulis Press and the Wilson
Foundry' The Library 5th series vii, 77-110; 149-77
(1952); Philip Gaskell. A bibliography of the Foulis
Press. 2nd edition. Winchester, 1986.

FRASER, Alexander paper maker and paper merchant
Edinburgh
Weir's Land Canongate 1773
Skinner's Close 1774-75
At Rosefield Paper Mill Warehouse, Skinner's Close 1776
Rosefield near Edinburgh 1780
This is probably the Mr Fraser 'who had been manager of a small
paper-mill belonging to Mr Adrian Watkins, who held the patents of
King's Printer and Stationer'. He persuaded Guthrie and Arbuthnot
to erect a papermill with five vats at Polton. The feu-charter and
water-rights were granted by Calderwood of Polton in 1768. Through
the inexperience of partners in the business the result was a
fiasco, Guthrie and Arbuthnot became bankrupt in 1772 and the mill
was rouped in 1774. The whole transaction involved the great
banking house of Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo in a considerable
financial loss. In the Edin DirAppendix 1773. Notice to
creditors of Alexander Fraser late papermaker Edinburgh Evening
Courant 13 September 1780.Edin Dir; NLS Impr Ind; Waterston 2

FRASER, James copperplate engraver Edinburgh
5 South Bridge 1793-97
4 Hunter's Square 1799
8 South Bridge West side 1800-03
Published Explanations of the French and English calendar
in 1799. Admitted to Sanctuary for debt at Holyroodhouse 22 May
1799.NLS Impr Ind; Edin Dir; Cadell ; Johnst3

FRAZER, James printer Glasgow
Glasgow 1796NLS Impr Ind

FRASER, James bookbinder and pattern-book maker
Glasgow
94 Miller Street 1844bookbinder and pattern-card and book maker same address
1847-49Glas Dir

FRASER, John bookseller and publisher Glasgow
7½ Eglinton Street 1844
'7½ Frederick Street' in Trade Indexof Glas Dir under
publishers 1844. 'Eglinton Street' seems to be right. It is in the
Street Directory, the Trade Iindex under booksellers, and the main
sequence.Glas Dir

FRASER [FRAZER], John printer and newspaper printer
Paisley
Renfrewshire Chronicle, Coffee Room Buildings 1824-26
Also teacher. He was in trouble with the authorities over his
liberal opinions. It has been suggested that this is the same
person as the Stirling printer of the name. Harvey rejects
the idea.Crawford; Pigot 1825; Harvey

FRASER, John printer and wholesale bookseller
Stirling
John Fraser & Co Stirling 1816
John Fraser Stirling 1817-24
Quality Street Pigot 1820
Below the Cornmarket in King Street 1823
Quality Street Pigot 1825
John Fraser was apprenticed to Charles Randall. He published a
large number of chapbooks in 1816 and 1817. Harvey rejects
the identification with John Harvey of Paisley. The Stirling
Journal cronicles his removal to London, from which he returned in
1823. Quality Street, was The Mealmarket, or The Foot of the Town,
Quality Street was a nickname for it. In 1820 it was christened
King Street in honour of George IV. He abandoned printing about
1826 and devoted himself to a school, which was a success. He died
in 1839.Chapbook Printers; Pigot 1820-25; Harvey

FRASER, Rev. Simon newspaper editor Inverness
Inverness Herald 1837?-43?
Editor of The Inverness Herald which first appeared on 15
December 1836. The first editor Rev. Alexander Clark soon passed
the editorship to the Rev. Simon Fraser a probationer of the Church
of Scotland. He was probably the Simon Fraser who was presented to
the charge of Ardersier in 1843. The paper was strongly
Conservative and ultra protestant.Cowan; John Noble. Bibliography of Inverness Newspapers and
Periodicals. Stirling, 1903.

FREEBAIRN, David bookseller and auctioneer
Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1699
North side of the High Street near the stair to the Ship Tavern
1700-09
North side of the High Street opposite to the Main Guard
1710
Successively Minister of Gask, Auchterarder and Dunning. An outed
Episcopalian Minister and in 1722 Bishop of Edinburgh. His first
wife Jean Graham was buried in Greyfriars Churchyard 27 July 1697.
He married 5 March 1699, Anna, daughter of the deceased Richard
Dobie and niece of Sir Robert Dobie of Stanihill. He was made a
Burgess 1 September 1699. The National Library of Scotland has
A Catalogue of books to be sold the 6th of May 1700
at Mr David Freebairn's auction house. Edinburgh, 1700 and
Queries to the Presbyterian Ministers. Edinburgh, 1812.
Died December 1739. Father of Robert Freebairn.GreyBuri; EdinMarr; NLS Impr Ind; W. J. Couper. 'The
Pretender's Printer'. Scottish Historical Review xv, 106-123
(1918)

FREEBAIRN, Robert printer, bookseller and auctioneer
Edinburgh and Perth
Edinburgh 1701-03
Parliament Closs 1704-15
Perth 1715-16
Parliament Closs, Edinburgh 1716-28
Robert Freebairn & Co 1727-31auctioneer Shop below the Trone Church 1732
printing house in Kennedy's Close 1734
Assigns of R. Freebairn 1750-52
Graduated Master of Arts at Edinburgh University 29 April 1701;
Burgess and Guild Brother, as bookbinder, by right of father Mr
David Friebairn, Minister 6 November 1706. ' In 1706, Mr John
Spottiswood Advocate, and Professor of Law, brought Home a neat
little House for printing his Law Books: But in a little time
after, dispos'd of it to Mr Robert Freebairn Bookseller, who has
very much enlarged the same and done several large Works in it, at
Edinburgh.' Watson. History of Printing. Printer to the
Queen for Scotland 11 August 1711. Printing for the Pretender's
army under the Earl of Mar. Publihed a quarto edition of John
Major's History of Scotland. Edinburgh. 1740. Robert
Freebairn died 10 May 1747. Apprentice: John Aitken 27 November
1706, Burgess [stationer and bookbinder] 10 September 1718. Robert
Freebairn printer in Edinburgh admitted to Sanctuary for debt at
Holyroodhouse 11 February 1736 bookseller 10 March 1738.NLS Impr Ind; EdinBurg; EdinPren; W. J. Couper. 'The
Pretender's Printer'. Scottish Historical Review xv, 106-123
(1918); A Letter from a Gentleman in Edinburgh to his friend at
London. Edinburgh, 1711; Narrative of the proceedings of
the arbiters in the submission betwixt Mr Robert Freebairn, his
Majesty's printer, and Mr James Blair of Ardblair, and Mr John
Nairn of Greenyards, now aspiring to be King's Printers. Edinburgh,
1736; Information for Mr Robert Freebairn, His Majesty's Printer
for Scotland, Pursuer, against Richard Watkins, His Majesties
Stationer there, Defender July 5. 1742; Information for Richard
Watkins, One of His Majesty's Printers, and Stationer for Scotland,
Defender; against Mr. Robert Freebairn Bookseller in Edinburgh,
Pursuer. July 5th, 1742. The Petition of Mr Robert Freebairn, his
Majesty's Printer for Scotland. November 1, 1742. The Additional
Petition of Mr Robert Freebairn... against Mr Thomas Heriot,
defender. November 23. 1742. The Petition of Mr Robert Freebairn,
His Majesty's Printer for Scotland. February 23. 1743.

FULTON, George printer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1772
Married Jacobina daughter to James Tod schoolmaster 15 March
1772.EdinMarr

FULTON, George bookseller Glasgow
At James Knox's printing-house in Gibson's wynd 1765
Sold Thomas Taylor's A short account of Alexander Provan.
1765.NLS Impr Ind

FULTON, R.F. apprentice printer Glasgow
Glasgow 1820
At the instigation of an emissary of Alexander Richmond, an agent
provocateur of the Government, Fulton was induced for £2 to print a
seditious address which was posted up in Glasgow 1 April 1820. He
was immediately packed off to America, lest he should peach on the
instigators.
Peter Mackenzie. Reminiscences of Glasgow. vol.1 p.135,
1890

GALBRAITH, Henry printer Dundee and Edinburgh
Henry Galbraith & Co Dundee 1754-58
near to the Main Guard, Dundee 1759-1770
Bull Close opposite the Tron Church, Edinburgh 1771-75
West Bow 1776-83
Henry Galbreath, son of John Galbreath, apprenticed to John
M'Callum printer Glasgow 1750. Married Marion daughter of the
deceased Alexander Burton farmer at Craiglockhart in Collingtoun 30
May 1756. In 1755 he published a newspaper The Dundee Weekly
Intelligencer. His most important works were a folio edition
of Ostervald's Bible with engravings which he issued in
parts, as he afterwards did an edition of the works of Ambrose
Phillips. Millar says these were printed in Holland, but that seems
highly unlikely. He printed at least three chapbooks, A short
account of the behaviour of William Pickworth, from his
condemnation to his death in 1771; a chapbook edition of
The whole prophecies of Thomas the rhymer in the West Bow
1778, and The life and prophecies of Daniel Cargill in the
same year. In the collections for George Chalmers's projected
history of Scottish printing (NLS Adv.MS.81.9.7 folio 168) is a
letter from Thomas Colville, at that time printing in Dundee, which
says that Galbraith was the first printer in Dundee and left there
for Edinburgh in 1772.Maxted; James Thomson and James McLaren. The history
of Dundee. Dundee, 1874. p.345; Millar; EdinMarr;
Chapbook Printers; NLS Impr Ind; Edin Dir